Improvement in meat and vegetable-cutters



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PAUL BONEILS ANDJoHN cnossMANN, or WEST EoisoKEN, NEW JERSEY.

Letters Patent' No. 107,592,1latefl Septmnber 20, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN MEAT AND VEG-ETABLE-CUTTERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettera Patent and making part of thesame.

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Be it known that we, PAUL BONEILS and 4JOHN Gnossn'rANN, both of WestHoboken, in the eountyof Hudson and vState of New Jersey, have inventeda new and, improved Machine for Mincing Meat and Vegetables; and we dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawingmaking a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a plan or topview of our invention'. Figure 2, a side sectional view of the salue,takenin the line :t a', iig. 1. v

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two`ilgures. l w

This invention consists of a rotary table or chop-` ping-block, invcombination with one or more knives or cutters, arranged or applied ina novel way, so as to operate conjointly with the rotary table or ehop--ping-block, and effect the vresult desired in a very thorough manner.

A represents a base, ou which the working -partsof the machine areplaced, and

is a rotary chopping-block, which turns ona pin,

a, as a center, said'block having a horizontal position, as shown in thedrawing.

The block B is constructed of wood, encompassed by a metal rim, b, whichextends upward a tride higher than the blocks,'iu order to prcventthesubstance to be eut from falling oi' from theblock.

At the bottom of the latter there is a concentric gear, C,or-worm-wheel, into which a screw, D, on a shaft, E, meshes, said shaft'being placed transversely on the base, and connected, bygears c c, witha driving-shaft, F, having its bearings d d also on the base A.

The shaft 11 is turned by a crank, c.

On the shaft 11 there are seemed wipers, f, the number of tbe lattercorresponding to the number of knives or cutters used.. f

'These wipers act against projections g on the shafts (i, to which theknives or cutters 1I of the machine are attached. Two shafts, G G, areshown in the drawing, but more or less may be used, as desired.

'These shafts work on a rod, h., which passes through The meat orvegetables to be cut are placed nponv the block B,'and, the shaft' Fbeing turned, the wipers f j' raise the shafts'G G, and, consequently,the cntters H H conseeutively,4the springs j j forcing the shafts andcutters down, as the wipers pass or leave the projections g y, Duringthe operation of the eutters the table orpblock B is rotated by thesclewD and worm-wheel or gear C, and the whole of the substance ontheblock B will consequently beactedupon by the ctter,tl1e substance beingkept within the scope of the action of the cutters by a curved plate, J,which extends-over the upper surface of the block.

In order to remove Vthe eut meatorvegetablesfroiu' the blockB, the screwj x is unscrewed,and the head I raised'np, so that the shafts G Gandcutters H H will be entirely out-fof the way.

Having thus described our invention, What we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

' 1. The combination of pivotedl choppers H, the

hinged plate'I, and screw i",or it-s equivalent, so that the choppersmay be turned back, when desired, to permit the ready removal of thechopping-tray and contents, as set forth.

2. The rotating chopping-block B, moved by a worm-gear C, the pivotedehopping-lmives H, station-r ary scraper J, and the 'driving mechanism,all constructed and arranged as set forth, and for the purposedescribed.

PAUL BONFILS. J. GROSSMANN.

Witnesses l A. 1t. HAIGu'r, Tineo. TUscH.

